For the first time in paperback, the illuminating critique of modern thought from America's "Philosopher for Everyman" (Time).

莫提默·艾德勒(Mortimer J.Adler，1902―2001)，《如何閱讀一本書》作者，生於紐約，以學者、教育家、編輯等多重身份享有盛名。主編《西方世界的經典》，並擔任1974年第十五版《大英百科全書》的編輯指導而聞名於世。他在芝加哥大學執教（1930－1952）時，於1946年幫助策劃了“名著計劃”，1952年起任哲學研究所所長。

For the first time in paperback, the illuminating critique of modern thought from America's "Philosopher for Everyman" (Time).

莫提默·艾德勒(Mortimer J.Adler，1902―2001)，《如何閱讀一本書》作者，生於紐約，以學者、教育家、編輯等多重身份享有盛名。主編《西方世界的經典》，並擔任1974年第十五版《大英百科全書》的編輯指導而聞名於世。他在芝加哥大學執教（1930－1952）時，於1946年幫助策劃了“名著計劃”，1952年起任哲學研究所所長。

The lectures here collected between two covers do not form a consecutive discourse; with exception of the three Matchette Lectures, grouped under the general title of "Pivotal Concepts in the Philosophy of Art," these were all separate addresses (to which is added one published essay, "Abstraction in Science and Abstraction in Art"). Each lecture was given to a different audien...(展开全部)

莫提默·艾德勒(Mortimer J.Adler，1902―2001)，《如何閱讀一本書》作者，生於紐約，以學者、教育家、編輯等多重身份享有盛名。主編《西方世界的經典》，並擔任1974年第十五版《大英百科全書》的編輯指導而聞名於世。他在芝加哥大學執教（1930－1952）時，於1946年幫助策劃了“名著計劃”，1952年起任哲學研究所所長。

莫提默·艾德勒(Mortimer J.Adler，1902―2001)，《如何閱讀一本書》作者，生於紐約，以學者、教育家、編輯等多重身份享有盛名。主編《西方世界的經典》，並擔任1974年第十五版《大英百科全書》的編輯指導而聞名於世。他在芝加哥大學執教（1930－1952）時，於1946年幫助策劃了“名著計劃”，1952年起任哲學研究所所長。

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelli...(展开全部)

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelli...(展开全部)

Two veteran math educators demonstrate how some "magnificent mistakes" had profound consequences for our understanding of mathematics' key concepts. In the nineteenth century, English mathematician William Shanks spent fifteen years calculating the value of pi, setting a record for the number of decimal places. Later, his calculation was reproduced using large wooden numerals t...(展开全部)